Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing, UT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing at a glance
Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing serves about 190 people through 25 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in San Juan County, Utah. EPA system ID: UTAH19046; phone on file: 435-684-7430. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 7.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing is 7.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Utah systems
Of the 521 Utah systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.71 ppb; 8 are over 15 ppb right now and 27 have gone over at some point. Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing's 7.3 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Utah and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in San Juan County
9 other systems share San Juan County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Blanding City | 3,500 | 1.3 ppb |
| Monticello City | 2,393 | 3.6 ppb |
| San Juan Spanish Valley Ssd | 550 | 6.9 ppb |
| Bluff Water Works Service District | 430 | 0.3 ppb |
| Rockland Ranch | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mexican Hat Ssd | 120 | 2.2 ppb |
| Eastland Special Service District | 90 | 7.2 ppb |
| Pack Creek Water Company | 75 | 49 ppb |
| Wilson Arch Water & Sewer Ssd | 37 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bullfrog, UT may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Glen Canyon Nra - Halls Crossing whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.